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A 5 page paper which examines the death penalty verdict of Bigger Thomas as it relates to race in Richard Wright’s “Native Son.” Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAntbig.rtf
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African American man who had experienced nothing but struggle and oppression, the character of Bigger Thomas is an understandable character, although a violent character as well. He serves to symbolize
his people, his culture. Wright, as one author notes, was "an African-American deeply concerned with the issues of race" and this novel reflects that condition (Richard Wright, Outsider). The following
paper examines the issue of race as it involves the verdict for the death penalty in the story of Bigger Thomas in "Native Son." Race and the Verdict
of Bigger Thomas In this story Bigger is a man who has experienced the worst part of racism and oppression in the nation. He is, however, not unlike many others
of his race who have been pushed down so long that they cannot be anything other than what they are. And, quite often that nature is violent, aggressive, resentful, and
bitter. He is the clear result of injustice and ignorance in the nation and as such one must clearly consider his race when understanding the verdict of the death penalty
in his story. In understanding some of the story, and the murder that Bigger committed, one author notes the following: "What makes Native Son doubly tragic is that Biggers first
victim is a white girl who is sincerely trying to be his friend, to treat him as a fellow human being...Her mother, who is blind, loves to encourage Negroes to
study and get ahead. The only poetic justice is that Marys father was one of the landlords whose exorbitant rents cause such widespread misery in Chicago, New York, and in
all other cities where Negroes are so harshly segregated" (Skillin). This illustration helps one see that the society in which Bigger lived and grew up was diverse. Mary, his
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